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" There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea. "

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" We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream. "

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" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "

" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "

" I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical. "

" For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back. "

" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "

" We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started. "

" I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia. "

" In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team. "

" The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. "

" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "

" I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "

" Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you. "

" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "

" There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program. "

" It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born. "

" There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost. "

" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "

" Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion. "

" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "

" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "

" Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time. "

" We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. "

" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "

" What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. "

" The American government will be whatever we all make of it. "

" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "

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" Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science. "

" Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable. "

" I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard. "